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Originally Posted by MysticCat
Those comments could derail her goal of getting helpful advice. High ground and all.
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If someone was to take offense to someone saying the chapter was shut down against the will of the members, I would imagine most of us know that almost every time a chapter is shut down, it is not the will of the members (though our OU chapter shut down a few years ago in order to start fresh and that was by a vote of the members [and props to them, they're doing outstanding now]).
At any rate, it seems she has started a local. I've never been part of starting a local, but I was a charter member of my chapter and we had a lot of the same challenges.
I would advise the OP to first really look at their recruitment model. Since you're not part of formal recruitment, there are going to be few, if any, prospective members approaching you, so you're going to need to be proactive in figuring out how to approach them. My school was always very forthcoming and even printed mailing labels so we could send postcards or letters to incoming freshmen.
Your members, particularly your new members will be the biggest source of referrals. You're probably going to want to create some kind of master prospect list and delegate the recruitment of certain individuals on that list, maybe keep it in Dropbox so everyone can get to it.
In short, your recruitment is going to look a lot like how Circle K or the French Club recruits its members than what you're experienced with. You should be actively recruiting and reaching out to folks now.
I could probably write a book on this subject because I've been part of an organization with little to no guidance on how to recruit members. Sounds like y'all have some work to do.
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